[thelist] Weird IE6 Hijacking

[Jeff Howden]

simon,

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> From: Simon Willison
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> You might have inadvertantly clicked "yes" in one of IEs
> "would you like to install some spyware" dialog boxes,
> which pop up on even some sites you would think would be
> more reputable (I'm sure I saw one on ezboard.com once).
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... which would be user error and not the fault of the browser.  it did,
after all, allow you to make the choice yourself.

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> There's a very simple solution: stop using IE. It's
> old, flakey and insecure and is the least capable of the
> current generation of browsers.
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puhleaze.  i can think of quite a few worse.

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> A far better alternative is Mozilla Firebird, which you
> can download either as a zip file or as a self
> extracting .exe:
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whether or not firebird is "better" would depend on the sorts of things
you're using your browser for these days.  if it happens to involve any sort
of high-end application development, it probably isn't going to get the job
done.

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> Thankfully, with the exception of a diminishing number
> of brain-dead sites that absolutely refuse to work in
> anything other than Explorer, there's precious little
> reason to continue using IE in this day and age.
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except perhaps for the fact that practically every non-developer web surfer
is using ie.

personally, like rudy, i've used practically every other browser out there
and none of them get the job done for me like ie6.  sure, it's got it's
quirks, but at least i can count on those quirks not changing with every
single point release unlike some other browser i know.

;p

.jeff

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